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CSLN Newsletters
2022
November COP27 - What really happened & what does it mean for banks?
Special Edition COP27 CSLN co-hosts a series of free dialogues and events at COP27
October The why, what and how for regulators to manage macro-systemic climate risk
September James Vaccaro Reacts to Banks Looking to Leave GFANZ
July Is my Transition Plan credible?
June Catalysing Bank Climate Action - Lessons from the Inside
May Blips, Crises, or Collapse
April Divestment Dilemmas in more than one dimension
March IPCC Implications for banks: Now means now
2021
December Looking Back on 2021 / Looking Ahead to 2022
November Climate Safe COP26 Takeaways
October The Good Transition Plan
September What Does a Good Transition Plan Look Like for Banks?
August This Month's IPCC Report is Code Red for Humanity. Is it also the End of Net-Zero by 2050?
July It's Time for a Taskforce on Finance-related Climate Impacts
June Bitcoin has Helped 'Mine' a Capital Idea for Fossil Fuel Finance
May 400 Reasons to be Hopeful
April From Long-term Commitment to Near-term Action
February What Counts as Zero
Reports and Resources
Science Based Targets Framework for Financial Institutions (Science Based Targets Initiative, October 1, 2020)
A joint methodology to help align credit portfolios with the goals of the Paris Agreement (BBVA, September 21, 2020)
Year One Update: UN Principles for Responsible Banking (United Nations Environment Programme - Finance Initiative, September 2020)
Managing Climate Risk in the U.S. Financial System (Climate-Related Market Risk Subcommittee, September 2020)
Sustainable Finance Policy Engagement (Influence Map, September 2020)
Portfolio Climate Risk Management: Case Studies on Evolving Best Practices (Ceres, August 7, 2020)
Shaping the climate action journey for financial institutions Navigating through the cluster of climate initiatives (Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials, January 2020)
Bank 2030: Accelerating Transition to a Low Carbon Economy (Banking Environment Initiative, January 2020)
Banking on a Low Carbon Future: Finance in a Time of Crisis (Boston Common Asset Management, November 2019)
In the News
Cleaner future needs head, heart and hands (Interview with Nigel Topping, UK High Level Climate Action Champion, September 30, 2020)
Influential investor group demands ‘net-zero’ targets (Financial Times, September 14, 2020)
Taking action on climate risk: Improving governance and reporting by occupational pension schemes (Speech given by Therese Coffey, Work and Pensions Secretary, August 26, 2020)
Big Investors to trial ‘net zero’ tools to decarbonize their portfolios (Financial Times, August 5, 2020)
Letter from economists: to rebuild our world, we must end the carbon economy (The Guardian, August 4, 2020)
The Road to Glasgow (Speech given by Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, February 27, 2020)
Climate Change and the Financial Sector (Speech by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, February 27, 2020)
Davos 2020: Bankers push back against climate action calls (Financial Times, January 2020)
Network Content from Before 2021
CSL Network
Climate Safe Learning Lab Insights Report (Climate Safe Lending Network, December 2020)
Climate Safe Learning Lab: What It’s Like Trying to Change A Bank From The Inside (The Finance Innovation Lab, September 25, 2020)
Taking the Carbon Out of Credit (News release, July 2, 2020)
Taking the Carbon Out of Credit (Climate Safe Lending Network, July 2020)
Taking the Carbon Out of Credit Webinar Q&A (Climate Safe Lending Network, July 2020)